Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Deus ibi est, Exsultemus et in ipso jucundemur. Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum. Ex et corde diligamus nos sincero Simul ergo cum in unum congregamur: Ne nos mente dividamur, caveamus. Cessent jurgia maligna, cessent lites. Et in medio nostri sit Christus Deus. Simul quoque cum ( Read more... )

i'm going on hiatus from the interweb for a while. screens and screen-friends are dumb and in-person friends are the best. hope you're all well and enjoy winter- i hope it'll be bitterly cold in nyc.

Broad sun-stoned beaches.

White heat.
A green river.

A bridge,
scorched yellow palms

from the summer-sleeping house
drowsing through August.

Days I have held,
days I have lost,

days that outgrow, like daughters,
my harbouring arms.

-Derek Walcott

sage advice from a dear friend:

" 'Thou shalt not want' is not the 11th Commandment."

it's magic to see Spirit, largely because it's so rare. mostly you see the masks and the holograms that the culture presents as real. you see how you're doing in the world's eyes, or your family's, or - worst of all - yours, or in the eyes of people who are doing better than you - much better than you - or worse. but you are not your bank account, ( Read more... )

"love grows from the rich loam of forgiveness" - wally lamb

My friend, Linda Roach, in her relative youth wrote a poem that has forever remained with me. The final lines are "Remember, woman, that you are love, and to love you shall return."

Those are always the words that mark my forehead in Lent.

-J. Walters

From hank to hendrix ( Read more... )

Quand tu es près de moi ( Read more... )

"Now there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So when you comes across such a chance for practising patience and tolerance, you should treat it with gratitude. It is rare. Just as having unexpectedly found a treasure in your own house, you should be happy and grateful ( Read more... )